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WHITTIER COLLEGE ^^^V ^—^ March 9,1995 Quaker Campus April Lake/QC Photo Editor ▲ SPORTS Ronn Mann pitched against Cal Lutheran last Saturday. The Poets lost 4-3. Read about their game on the back page. P9 12 CAM w* ► Back by Popular Demand Learn more about Camille Wilson who recently returned from New York, where she had an internship with the United Nations' High Commissioner for Refugees. pg 6 COLLEGE M ► Window Opens Find out about the Spring semester's first Theatre Arts production, Blue Window, by Craig Lucas. pg8 ► Watch Where You Post That:.:; Thing! A d on the entrance doors to the O will be Juken down. The posting of flyers on glass or painted surfaces is prohibited. The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 ADMINISTRATION Saturday Finals Shorten Senior Week by JEN SANCHEZ-SALAZAR QC News Editor For at least the next two years, Whittier students will not be able to celebrate the end of the school year until the Monday before graduation. The current finals schedule, decided upon in October of 1993, deviates from the schedules of past years in two ways. The most apparent change is that finals for the next two Spring semesters will span a weekend- (Thursday through Monday, with no finals on Sunday) rather than four weekdays (Tuesday through Friday). Secondly, the finals for large- enrollment courses and those having large percentages of seniors take their finals early in the week, as opposed to the random assignment of exam times that has been the policy in the past. According to Vice President for Academic Affairs Lisa Rossbacher, the current schedule for Spring finals, which will be in effect for this year and next year, shortens senior week while still allowing enough time to process seniors' grades and calculate honors before graduation. There are several reasons for shifting the academic calendar to incorporate a five-day break between January Interim and Spring semester and make finals last from Thursday to Monday, according to Rossbacher. Said Rossbacher, "the real focus (when setting the calendar) was on minimizing the time between finals and commencement." In addition to responding to "concerns student have expressed about wanting to start their summer earlier, one reason for the shortened senior week was "the historical issue with problems in the residence halls and accidents on campus," said Rossbacher. Director of Residential Life David Leonard noted, "Whenever there's down time between classes and after finals, there's time to have some fun and perhaps get into some trouble. I had asked that we shorten the time after finals without inconveniencing the faculty or administration." The academic calendar is reevaluated every other year and two years are scheduled at a time. The current schedule, which places the start of Spring semester five days after the end of January term and has finals lasting from Thursday through Monday, will be in effect through next year. The academic calendar is created through the cooperation of Rossbacher and the associate academic deans, the registrar, and the Educational Policies Committee, which consists of student as well as faculty members. The proposed calendar is then sent to the Faculty Executive Council, which is the body of faculty elected by the faculty as a whole to represent them. Finally, the calendar is reviewed and is subject to the approval of the president and the vice presidents and deans. In addition to having the same number of instruction days per semester (64) and scheduling around holiday breaks, the parties involved in creating the calendar had to take into consideration (1) preserving four days of finals instead of compressing them into three; (2) minimizing the time between the last final and commencement; and (3) keeping commencement on the Friday before Memorial Day while allowing enough time to process seniors' grades and calculate honors. According to Registrar Gerald Adams, the Saturday finals are needed in order to complete seniors' grades before graduation. The registrar's office must have enough time to calculate honors and send them to the printer for the commencement. Adams noted, "There are not too many insitutions that actually confer the degree at commence ment. It's a long-standing tradition at Whittier. The people who walk during the ceremony are real graduates." Although the current schedule shortens the time available for faculty to calculate seniors' grades, "the registrar indicated it's possible," said Rossbacher. "We've cut it as close as we can," Adams said that the decision to have finals on Saturday but not Sunday was not based on religious concerns. "If I had needed five days for finals I would've taken Sunday too," said Adams. Rossbacher noted that none of the faculty members or students involved in devising the calendar raised concerns about having finals on the Jewish sabbath, but that any concerned students are encouraged to ask their professors to make accommodations." As to whether the new schedule will work, Rossbacher note(d, "if it's a disaster, we can change it after two years." ADMISSIONS Admissions Revamps Recruitment Strategies by JEFF HEYNEN QC Staff Wrjtter Adapting to the recent growth in Whittier's student population, the Office of Admissions has reinvented one technique, popularly called "road shows," for recruiting prospective students. Initially designed six years ago by President James Ash and former Vice President for Enrollment and Student Life Kathryn Forte, the road shows were intended to increase student awareness of Whittier College and to provide a forum in which students and parents could get to know this small, liberal-arts college, according to Urmi Kar, associate director of admissions. Dean of Enrollment Tom Enders stated that the goal of these early shows was to "get Whittier out there as a viable option." Kar noted that the success of the enrollment initiative, which was designed to increase the size ofthe College's student body, has depended at least in part on the road shows. According to Enders, for all intents and purposes the shows were successful. "The road shows were brilliant for where Whittier College was six years ago," said Enders. However, now that the plan to increase the size of the student* population is ahead of schedule by two years, the importance of these road shows has declined somewhat, said Enders. The Admissions Office is reevaluating the shows and adjusting them accordingly to compensate for the fact that Whittier is running at full capacity. Because the time and cost factors involved with the road shows are so great, "we are trying to ween ourselves off the dependency," Enders added. Because of this, "we are definitely using road shows far less than we did." For example, in the Spring of 1990, representatives from the college went to 12 different events; this Spring, however, only two events are planned. One reason for the cutback in the number of traveling programs is the fact that they are costly for the school and time-consuming for both the faculty and students involved, for both must be off campus for extended periods of time. QC File Photo Dean of Enrollment Tom Enders The adjustments being considered are to make the shows on a smaller scale; to contact a decreased number of students in the area of choice and to have them work in smaller discussion groups with the students and faculty that are representing the school. This downsizing is an attempt to answer Enders' question, "How do you make a road show Whitti- er-like?" In past years, the 10-15 road show participants were swamped at each show by the arrival of 350- 400 prospective students at a show, making the program seem as if it were advertising "a major research institution," said Enders. But now that "we have more room to breathe," as far as desired applications go, "we need to find less resource-intensive ways" (of attracting students), said Enders. Seattle has been chosen as the guinea pig for this new program from the list. If the Seattle shows are successful, they will also be utilized in other popular cities such as Phoenix and Denver. Involved in a road show are speeches by Enders and President Ash on the college experience and the entire admissions procedure; a video spotlighting Whittier College and its physical, philosophical, and moral aspects; and a collection of small groups of students and faculty who discuss with students the Liberal Education Program, the Whittier Scholars, Program, the Faculty Masters Program, student financing, college and co-curricular life and high school honors weekend. , v Of course, the immediate goal of the shows is to get students interested in the school, yet they Please see SHOW pg. 5 ISSUE 19* VOLUME 81
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Title | The QC, Vol. 81, No. 19 • March 19, 1995 |
Publisher | Associated Students of WhittierCollege |
Description | The Quaker Campus (QC) is the student newspaper of Whittier College. The newspaper has been in continuous publication since September 1914. |
Subject | Student newspapers and publications -- Whittier College (Whittier, Calif.) |
Date | March 19, 1995 |
Language | eng |
Format-Medium | Newspaper |
Format-Extent | 12 pages ; 17 x 11.25 inches |
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Repository | Wardman Library, Whittier College |
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Date-Created | 2013-10-01 |
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Title | 1995_03_09_001 |
OCR | WHITTIER COLLEGE ^^^V ^—^ March 9,1995 Quaker Campus April Lake/QC Photo Editor ▲ SPORTS Ronn Mann pitched against Cal Lutheran last Saturday. The Poets lost 4-3. Read about their game on the back page. P9 12 CAM w* ► Back by Popular Demand Learn more about Camille Wilson who recently returned from New York, where she had an internship with the United Nations' High Commissioner for Refugees. pg 6 COLLEGE M ► Window Opens Find out about the Spring semester's first Theatre Arts production, Blue Window, by Craig Lucas. pg8 ► Watch Where You Post That:.:; Thing! A d on the entrance doors to the O will be Juken down. The posting of flyers on glass or painted surfaces is prohibited. The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 ADMINISTRATION Saturday Finals Shorten Senior Week by JEN SANCHEZ-SALAZAR QC News Editor For at least the next two years, Whittier students will not be able to celebrate the end of the school year until the Monday before graduation. The current finals schedule, decided upon in October of 1993, deviates from the schedules of past years in two ways. The most apparent change is that finals for the next two Spring semesters will span a weekend- (Thursday through Monday, with no finals on Sunday) rather than four weekdays (Tuesday through Friday). Secondly, the finals for large- enrollment courses and those having large percentages of seniors take their finals early in the week, as opposed to the random assignment of exam times that has been the policy in the past. According to Vice President for Academic Affairs Lisa Rossbacher, the current schedule for Spring finals, which will be in effect for this year and next year, shortens senior week while still allowing enough time to process seniors' grades and calculate honors before graduation. There are several reasons for shifting the academic calendar to incorporate a five-day break between January Interim and Spring semester and make finals last from Thursday to Monday, according to Rossbacher. Said Rossbacher, "the real focus (when setting the calendar) was on minimizing the time between finals and commencement." In addition to responding to "concerns student have expressed about wanting to start their summer earlier, one reason for the shortened senior week was "the historical issue with problems in the residence halls and accidents on campus," said Rossbacher. Director of Residential Life David Leonard noted, "Whenever there's down time between classes and after finals, there's time to have some fun and perhaps get into some trouble. I had asked that we shorten the time after finals without inconveniencing the faculty or administration." The academic calendar is reevaluated every other year and two years are scheduled at a time. The current schedule, which places the start of Spring semester five days after the end of January term and has finals lasting from Thursday through Monday, will be in effect through next year. The academic calendar is created through the cooperation of Rossbacher and the associate academic deans, the registrar, and the Educational Policies Committee, which consists of student as well as faculty members. The proposed calendar is then sent to the Faculty Executive Council, which is the body of faculty elected by the faculty as a whole to represent them. Finally, the calendar is reviewed and is subject to the approval of the president and the vice presidents and deans. In addition to having the same number of instruction days per semester (64) and scheduling around holiday breaks, the parties involved in creating the calendar had to take into consideration (1) preserving four days of finals instead of compressing them into three; (2) minimizing the time between the last final and commencement; and (3) keeping commencement on the Friday before Memorial Day while allowing enough time to process seniors' grades and calculate honors. According to Registrar Gerald Adams, the Saturday finals are needed in order to complete seniors' grades before graduation. The registrar's office must have enough time to calculate honors and send them to the printer for the commencement. Adams noted, "There are not too many insitutions that actually confer the degree at commence ment. It's a long-standing tradition at Whittier. The people who walk during the ceremony are real graduates." Although the current schedule shortens the time available for faculty to calculate seniors' grades, "the registrar indicated it's possible," said Rossbacher. "We've cut it as close as we can," Adams said that the decision to have finals on Saturday but not Sunday was not based on religious concerns. "If I had needed five days for finals I would've taken Sunday too," said Adams. Rossbacher noted that none of the faculty members or students involved in devising the calendar raised concerns about having finals on the Jewish sabbath, but that any concerned students are encouraged to ask their professors to make accommodations." As to whether the new schedule will work, Rossbacher note(d, "if it's a disaster, we can change it after two years." ADMISSIONS Admissions Revamps Recruitment Strategies by JEFF HEYNEN QC Staff Wrjtter Adapting to the recent growth in Whittier's student population, the Office of Admissions has reinvented one technique, popularly called "road shows," for recruiting prospective students. Initially designed six years ago by President James Ash and former Vice President for Enrollment and Student Life Kathryn Forte, the road shows were intended to increase student awareness of Whittier College and to provide a forum in which students and parents could get to know this small, liberal-arts college, according to Urmi Kar, associate director of admissions. Dean of Enrollment Tom Enders stated that the goal of these early shows was to "get Whittier out there as a viable option." Kar noted that the success of the enrollment initiative, which was designed to increase the size ofthe College's student body, has depended at least in part on the road shows. According to Enders, for all intents and purposes the shows were successful. "The road shows were brilliant for where Whittier College was six years ago," said Enders. However, now that the plan to increase the size of the student* population is ahead of schedule by two years, the importance of these road shows has declined somewhat, said Enders. The Admissions Office is reevaluating the shows and adjusting them accordingly to compensate for the fact that Whittier is running at full capacity. Because the time and cost factors involved with the road shows are so great, "we are trying to ween ourselves off the dependency," Enders added. Because of this, "we are definitely using road shows far less than we did." For example, in the Spring of 1990, representatives from the college went to 12 different events; this Spring, however, only two events are planned. One reason for the cutback in the number of traveling programs is the fact that they are costly for the school and time-consuming for both the faculty and students involved, for both must be off campus for extended periods of time. QC File Photo Dean of Enrollment Tom Enders The adjustments being considered are to make the shows on a smaller scale; to contact a decreased number of students in the area of choice and to have them work in smaller discussion groups with the students and faculty that are representing the school. This downsizing is an attempt to answer Enders' question, "How do you make a road show Whitti- er-like?" In past years, the 10-15 road show participants were swamped at each show by the arrival of 350- 400 prospective students at a show, making the program seem as if it were advertising "a major research institution," said Enders. But now that "we have more room to breathe," as far as desired applications go, "we need to find less resource-intensive ways" (of attracting students), said Enders. Seattle has been chosen as the guinea pig for this new program from the list. If the Seattle shows are successful, they will also be utilized in other popular cities such as Phoenix and Denver. Involved in a road show are speeches by Enders and President Ash on the college experience and the entire admissions procedure; a video spotlighting Whittier College and its physical, philosophical, and moral aspects; and a collection of small groups of students and faculty who discuss with students the Liberal Education Program, the Whittier Scholars, Program, the Faculty Masters Program, student financing, college and co-curricular life and high school honors weekend. , v Of course, the immediate goal of the shows is to get students interested in the school, yet they Please see SHOW pg. 5 ISSUE 19* VOLUME 81 |
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